- Courses Overview
- PSY 880: Foundations of Evaluation Practice
- PSY 881: Evaluation Design
- PSY 882: Evaluation Data Collection Methods
- PSY 883: Statistics for Evaluators I
- PSY 884: Qualitative and Mixed Method Evaluation
- PSY 885: Communicating and Reporting
- PSY 886: Evaluation Practicum Preparation
- PSY 887: Statistics for Evaluators II
- PSY 888: Evaluation Management
- PSY 889: Evaluation Practicum
PSY 882: Evaluation Data Collection Methods
Course Info
Course ID
PSY 882Credits
3Link
Course Description
In the data collection phase of an evaluation, evaluators gather credible evidence to answer the evaluation questions within practical, time, and resource constraints. This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to use various data collection tools commonly used in evaluation. By the end of the semester, students will be able to:
- Understand why and how to protect human rights when conducting evaluations.
- Explain the criteria used to judge the quality of quantitative and qualitative data and apply strategies for maximizing data quality when planning and conducting evaluation data collection.
- Write survey questions for a given evaluation.
- Find an existing measure of a construct of interest in a given evaluation.
- Design a self-administered questionnaire to collect data for a given evaluation.
- Use cognitive interviewing to improve a questionnaire for a given evaluation.
- Design a qualitative interview protocol for a given evaluation.
- Conduct a qualitative interview to collect data for a given evaluation.
- Plan a focus group for a given evaluation.
- Develop a focus group question route for a given evaluation
- Write fieldnotes based on direct observations of a setting.
- Design and test a structured observation protocol for a given evaluation.
- Assess the usability of agency records as a data source for a given evaluation.
- Identify potential secondary data sources and assess their appropriateness for a given evaluation.
- Demonstrate an ability to work effectively with colleagues to complete team-based tasks.
Related Faculty
Course ID
PSY 882Credits
3Link
Course Description
In the data collection phase of an evaluation, evaluators gather credible evidence to answer the evaluation questions within practical, time, and resource constraints. This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to use various data collection tools commonly used in evaluation. By the end of the semester, students will be able to:
- Understand why and how to protect human rights when conducting evaluations.
- Explain the criteria used to judge the quality of quantitative and qualitative data and apply strategies for maximizing data quality when planning and conducting evaluation data collection.
- Write survey questions for a given evaluation.
- Find an existing measure of a construct of interest in a given evaluation.
- Design a self-administered questionnaire to collect data for a given evaluation.
- Use cognitive interviewing to improve a questionnaire for a given evaluation.
- Design a qualitative interview protocol for a given evaluation.
- Conduct a qualitative interview to collect data for a given evaluation.
- Plan a focus group for a given evaluation.
- Develop a focus group question route for a given evaluation
- Write fieldnotes based on direct observations of a setting.
- Design and test a structured observation protocol for a given evaluation.
- Assess the usability of agency records as a data source for a given evaluation.
- Identify potential secondary data sources and assess their appropriateness for a given evaluation.
- Demonstrate an ability to work effectively with colleagues to complete team-based tasks.